Question

Case Study

Jonathon works for a community services organisation that provides domestic assistance and care to people in their own home. There are many documentation requirements that Jonathon must complete every time he goes to work. This morning he did a home visit to shower and dress Maisy, an 81-year-old lady with Alzheimer’s disease and mild dementia. As this was his first visit to Maisy’s house he had to call Maisy beforehand and go through a home safety checklist that would ensure that he would not be put at unnecessary risk by visiting her. On the first visit to Maisy’s house he also had to complete a risk assessment to alert himself and his team of any hazards that are present in the environment. It might be a lot of documenting but the checklist and risk assessment makes sure that everyone is aware of things like dogs, uneven steps, syringes and aggressive family members that the team need to know about of when going into someone else’s home. Jonathon’s work place also has documentation policies and procedures to help him to provide best practice care, while complying with relevant work health and safety and privacy legislation.

Question

1. What are three important reasons that Jonathon should comply with the documentation policies and procedures in his workplace?

2. What types of personal information might Jonathon need to collect from Maisy?

3. Why might the documentations policy require Jonathon to report observations while he is at work?

4. What important record-keeping requirements might Jonathon find in the documentation policies and procedures for his workplace?

Answer 1

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Q1. Answer- Three important reasons

The most important is for communicating within the health care team and providing information for other professionals, primarily for individuals and groups involved .

Documentation will also be a proof to care given at patients home by Jonathon

Carrying a checklist will be a guideline for Jonathon

Q2,Personal information from patient maisy- Jonathon should have a conversation with Maisy about

How Maisy Is doining? What is the time? what is her name? simple information so that you can asses Maisy Mental health.

Observation of the movements this information will help Jonathon to know about Maisys Disease condition

Q3. Documentation policy

It is important for jonathon to look at documentation as Policies are the law at your organization. An effective policy should outline what employees must do or not do